pleasance

Example Sentences

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Beyond it is the Park Lane or Belgravia of Crawley—the residential and superior modern district of country houses, each in midst of its own little pleasance.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

And biddeth eke for them that be at ease, That God them grant aye good perséverance, And send them might their ladies so to please That it to Love be worship and pleasance.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

There was a pleasance, and a "Lady's Bower," wherein, Warrenton affirmed, walked a beautiful lady once in every twelve months, at Hallow-e'en, on the stroke of midnight.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Dame Fitzooth and the Squire followed later to the pleasance, and there one and all tried conclusions.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Rather, I bear a general parade and smooth pleasance open to the glimpses of the moon.

From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried